Buondì. (DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY WHILE READING THIS) Imagine you’re new in the world. Sure, you’ve been you as long as you can remember, though the concept doesn’t mean a lot yet. But the context has recently changed. Now you’re you some place different. The main things that interest you right now are stomach […]

Buondì. We’re exhausted this morning, and worse, it’s a local holiday in Bologna, where I live. October 4th is San Petronio – he’s Bologna’s patron saint. The enormous unfinished church in the even-more-enormous central piazza is named for him. On this day each year our Italian school is closed (courses of one or two weeks […]

Buondì. A quick one today, as I’m exhausted after all the extra work involved in last week’s (now concluded) Autumn Sale, and because of a new house guest, who’s been keeping us up at night. Club members who’ve been with us for a while, so the majority, will remember Roomie, so-called because she shared our […]

There are just a few hours left of the 2023 Autumn Sale. Today is the final day, so the last chance to save 20% on everything at our online stores, EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (one-to-one lessons). The coupon code you need to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks is: 2023-Autumn-Sale-20%-Off And here are […]

Buondì. Sunday 1st October 2023 is the final day of the 2023 Autumn Sale at our two online stores, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons). Until then you can use the coupon code below to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks you’ll need to improve your Italian in the coming year: […]

Buondì. The 2023 Autumn Sale ends this weekend, so I thought you might be interested in hearing what other club members have been spending their ‘learn Italian’ budgets on. Hence the usual ‘best-sellers’ article. Let’s begin with our top selling product, which is not an ebook at all – it’s the ten-pack of online lesson […]

Buondì. As we’re busy with the 2023 Autumn Sale right now, here’s an article from our archive. I’ve been both an online teacher and a language learner, so can see things from both perspectives. Here, then, are a few tips for students who choose to include one-to-one online lessons in their language study programs. The […]

Buondì. Today we have the start of the 2023 Autumn Sale! Which means that everything at EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (online lessons) can be had a fifth cheaper than usual. All you have to do to discount the price of anything in either store by 20% is to copy and paste this coupon code into […]

Buondì. In the northern hemisphere, today is the last day of summer. So, by extension, tomorrow is the first day of Autumn/Fall, which means long trousers and socks, fewer mosquitoes (‘zanzare’), and sleeping with a cover. Guess that’ll make a change! Our Italian school in Bologna has been busy, with lots of excited arrivals and […]

Buondì. Let it be known that next week, so from Monday 25th September to Sunday 01st October, our two online shops, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons), will be having their 2023 Autumn Sale. Which means that next Monday I’ll be publicising a coupon code which, if you apply it in your shopping […]